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Loop the Loop to kick off the North West’s Olympic celebrations

People of all ages from across the North West are being invited to take an Olympic-inspired cultural journey from Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester to The Quays in Salford this Saturday, 19 May. The free event will see the area around Old Trafford and The Quays transformed – linking culture and sport and London 2012 to the North West as part of the cultural Olympiad programme in the region.

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Sir Roy Shaw – devoted arts sector champion dies aged 93

Former Secretary General of the Arts Council, Sir Roy Shaw, has died aged 93.

Originally born in Sheffield, he presided over the Arts Council from 1975 to 1983, a notoriously difficult time for arts funding in England, during which he tirelessly championed subsidies for the sector.  After he retired he wrote The Arts and the People, chronicling his Arts Council career.

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Authors lead call for e-book lending payments

Authors have called for a change to library lending regulations, which currently allow digital copies of their work to be borrowed without any payment.

Authors have called for a change to library lending regulations, which currently allow digital copies of their work to be borrowed without any payment.

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Arts Council welcomes strategy aimed at protecting and preserving cultural objects

The Arts Council has welcomed the National Conservation Education and Skills Strategy, which sets out a vision for conservation education over the next five years. The Arts Council has welcomed the National Conservation Education and Skills Strategy, which sets out a vision for conservation education over the next five years.

Hedley Swain, Director of Museums and Renaissance at Arts Council England said: ’The Arts Council welcomes the National Conservation Education and Skills Strategy. In promoting the development of conservation education, this strategy will help ensure the protection and preservation of cultural objects for future generations. Continue reading

Evaluator and Part Time Administrator wanted

Part- Time Administrative Assistant

To be responsible for effective general administration of the Lancashire Witches 400 programme and offer administrative support to Green Close.

Green Close is a contemporary arts organisation that pioneers rural regeneration by applying international arts development to the rural context. Founded in 1996, the organisation is based in the village of Melling, North Lancashire. Continue reading

Dart Gallery Launch – Opportunity for local Artists

DART Gallery is offering the opportunity for local artists to sell their products and to inspire young students in their creative endeavours. The official launch date for DART is set for the 21st of June, to be opened by Wayne Hemingway and sponsored by the international company, Graham & Brown.

DART Gallery is a student led social enterprise, located within the confines of Darwen Aldridge Community Academy, an Academy and Sixth Form located within Lancashire. DART will sell and exhibit artwork and contemporary products, including crafts, produced by the local community and global on-trend purchasing. DART will also serve as a creative hub for the local community for learning new skills, sharing new skills and as a stepping stone for people in the community to build their own creative businesses. In terms of footfall, on site, we have over 1,100 staff and students daily, over 200 local people a week who visit our location for adult learning courses and over 300 visitors a week from across the region who visit us for various reasons. Continue reading

Events for June Lancashire Witches 400 / Bowland Arts festival

Green Close Studios is currently delivering an exciting new project, which explores the heritage of the Lancashire Witch trials and the 400th anniversary in 2012, of their trial and subsequent death. The Lancashire Witches 400 project will consider the heritage of Lancashire, the historical context of religious and social persecution and its relevance to intolerance and injustice today.  We will be working with Professional Historians – Robert Poole and other heritage professionals, to consider the role of the ‘witches’ in 1612 and also the Lancaster based charity Stepping Stones Nigeria in order to develop an understanding of current human rights abuses towards children today accused as ‘witches’ in the Niger delta.

www.steppingstonesnigeria.org.uk

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Filmonik Open Screening #57 – Summertime Special!

Sunday June 10th, 7.30pm till Late, Kraak, 11 Stevenson Square, The Northern Quarter, Manchester M1 1DB, UK, admission £3 (Free for screening filmmakers)

Summer is ycummen in. It’s a time for holidays in the sun, music festivals, morris dancing, pagan sacrifices. And it’s a good time to be making films. The one time of year where the skies might not be overcast, where it might actually be possible to shoot outdoors without it raining, without the aid of artificial illumination to counteract the lack of sunlight. But even if it does rain, there’s no reason not to be filming. Filmonik has a screen all ready and waiting for you.

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Action Factory – Art & Craft Workshop – Callout for Creative Facilitators

 Action Factory Community Arts has been working with people since 1985. We team artists up with communities to create compelling art experiences. 

Historically we have travelled out to work in the community but now we plan open up our building to artists and invite communities into our building by hosting a variety of arts and craft activities for different groups.

We are looking for artists and makers to facilitate a range of creative sessions to the general public and targeted groups.

The Action Factory building is located inBlackburn not far from junction 6 of the M65.  Continue reading

Crafting History: Lead Artist Opportunity, Manchester Craft & Design Centre

The Crafting History exhibition will showcase creative responses to the history of Manchester Craft and Design Centre (MCDC). Work will be produced by a commissioned contemporary lead artist/maker, and donated by resident makers from the Centre.

The exhibition will form a key part of the Centres 30th Anniversary celebrations and is part of a programme of events focused on collecting and sharing MCDCs story to date.

We are currently looking to commission an artist to complete a piece of work that innovatively responds to Manchester Craft and Design Centre’s history. This work will form the main part of theCrafting Historyexhibition, which will launch on the 14th of July 2012. Continue reading